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JANUARY 16, 2023

Over a dozen student loan borrower advocacy organizations have submitted amicus curiae briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to uphold President Biden’s embattled one-time student loan forgiveness plan. Here’s what borrowers need to know.

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APRIL 12, 2024

So far, over 4 million people have gotten student debt cancellation as a result of relief programs and fixes to those programs by the Biden Administration. Under the proposal, 25 million borrowers who owe more now than they originally borrowed would have some or all of the amount their balance has grown due to interest canceled.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Today, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s plan to provide relief to millions of low-income Americans who are struggling with student loan debt. What did the Supreme Court decide? Although the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s plan, borrowers do have other options to get debt relief.

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Student Loan Planner

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of President Biden’s sweeping one-time student loan forgiveness plan. Under Biden’s plan, the Education Department could cancel up to $20,000 in federally-administered student loan debt for most borrowers. But legal […].

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Have problems with your loans? What’s next for student loan cancellation? Your Return to Repayment Checklist After nearly three years, the student loan payment pause officially ended on September 1st. Have problems with your loans? What’s next for student loan cancellation?

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College Planners of America

JULY 10, 2023

President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, as announced last August, was set to cancel $10,000 in Federal student debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income per year. Pell Grant recipients would have gotten an additional $10,000 of debt forgiven. Reviewing the Biden v.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 17, 2023

While President Joe Biden’s student loan debt cancellation plan remains in limbo with the United States Supreme Court, House Democrats are doubling down on their own proposal seeking to address the underlying flaws in the student loan system. Bobby Scott (D-Va.),

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College Planners of America

MARCH 12, 2024

Since 2021, the Biden administration has forgiven $138 billion in student loans for 3.9 The Administration announced on February 21 that another category of borrowers would have their loans forgiven by the end of the month. million have obtained total loan forgiveness. million borrowers.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Over 26 million Americans have either applied for student debt cancellation or received notice that they will be approved for cancellation if they do not opt out since the application opened in mid-October. Below we summarize what is going on in the courts, and what borrowers can do while the legal fight continues.

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JUNE 26, 2023

NCLC’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project has launched a newly updated website with comprehensive resources for student loan borrowers and advocates. Supreme Court releases its decision concerning the fate of President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 12, 2023

For many, this disrupted their ability to repay their Federal student loans, so repayments were suspended in March 2020. It was already set to end 60 days after June 30 or 60 days after the Supreme Court issued a decision on the legality of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, whichever occurred first.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

On August 24, 2022, President Biden announced that to provide Americans still recovering financially from the pandemic with breathing room when student loan payments resumed at the beginning of 2023, the federal government would cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loans for eligible borrowers beginning this fall.

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JULY 14, 2023

After the Supreme Court struck down the student debt cancellation plan, President Biden announced he would pursue an alternative pathway to provide debt relief to borrowers. Biden Announces New Student Debt Relief Effort After Court’s Decision appeared first on Student Loan Borrowers Assistance.

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JULY 26, 2023

After the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s student loan cancellation plan, President Biden announced a number of new actions to help student loan borrower. One of those actions was rolling out a new, more affordable student loan payment plan, called SAVE. Start here.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 10, 2023

Student loan balances have spiked in the last few years. To reduce this burden, President Biden announced the Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (the Plan) in August 2022. It forgives $10,000 of student debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 per year, and up to $20,000 for former Pell Grant recipients.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A Texas district judge ’s decision to str ike down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan Thursday is a significant blow to the future of the program, according to experts. They go significantly farther than even the farthest right judges on the Supreme Court.

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JUNE 28, 2023

But a new report has revealed that an important segment of this population may be largely left out: those who already have student loans. The finding comes from a study by the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), a nonprofit dedicated to reducing student debt.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Although the news cycle has been dominated by the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program and its fate at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Department of Education’s recent revisions to income-driven repayment (IDR) plans may be far more significant in the long run. Many will end up paying less on their loans.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Kansas has joined several states in a federal lawsuit opposing the Biden-Harris administration’s latest iteration of income-driven student loan repayment for student loan relief. The lawsuit claims that the U.S. It also cites a prior U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After months of uncertainty for borrowers, the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program, which offers $10,000 of relief to those making up to $125,000 and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, came before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in oral arguments that stretched for over an hour past their scheduled time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2023

As President Joe Biden works to resurrect the student debt forgiveness program that was shot down by the Supreme Court, this time using a different legal authority, his administration continues to provide what other relief it can. IDR borrowers can also have their outstanding debt forgiven after 20 or 25 years of payments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The omnibus offers additional funding for a variety of programs that help students who have the toughest roads to completion. The bill includes $45 million—a 700% increase—for the Postsecondary Student Success Program, which offers grants, tutoring, and other wraparound services for students who have started, but not finished, a credential.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which cancels $10,000 of debt for borrowers earning under $125,000 and offers $20,000 of relief to Pell Grant recipients, is scheduled to come before the U.S. Supreme Court later this month. It’s kind of just that straightforward.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2024

Under the Biden-Harris administration’s student loan SAVE repayment plan, low- to moderate-income borrowers may be able to not only save more money, but also have an easier time owning homes for themselves, according to a joint report from the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and the California Policy Lab (CPL).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program last month, he vowed that his administration would not give up the fight, swiftly announcing plans to offer debt relief under an alternative authority , the Higher Education Act of 1965. After the U.S. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Department of Education (ED) released an updated copy of proposed regulatory text in its pursuit towards student debt relief. Student loans are supposed to be a bridge to a better life, not a life sentence of endless debt. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many experts believe that the Biden administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness, which offers $10,000 of debt relief to most borrowers and $20,000 to Pell Grant recipients, is dead in the water at the conservative-dominated Supreme Court. San’Ambrogio believes that these arguments are powerful. “[The

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Education (ED) has named the student loan stakeholders who will be participating in discussions with the department to develop debt relief policies via the Higher Education Act. Student loan repayments are set to resume Oct. The first session of the process is scheduled to take place Oct.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Supreme Court in support of the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness program, which aims to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for most borrowers. Supreme Court to overturn this move. A coalition of organizations have filed five amicus curiae briefs with the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

Supreme Court dashed the hopes of 40 million student borrowers Friday, striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The court ruled that although MOHELA is distinct from the state itself, Missouri may still sue to remedy harm involving the non-profit.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination of affirmative action and the implosion of President Joe Biden’s student relief program. The high court voted 6-3 against UNC and 6-2 against Harvard. Affirmative action struck down The U.S.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Student debt Dr. Robert Kelchen Democrats are likely to make the student loan debt relief issue a major campaign talking point. Supreme Court, to provide relief and forgiveness to millions of borrowers. The plan also seeks to expedite debt cancellation for smaller borrowers who are enrolled. As the U.S.

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